Length, 2.25 mm; diameter, 1.75 mm. Shell: obliquely ovate; smooth; yellow-brown. Spire: short, depressed, of about three and one-half whorls; suture indistinct. Sculpture: microscopic growth striae only. Aperture: ovate; outer lip thin; columellar callus extensive; inner lip edentulous. Color: yellow-brown.
These nerites are found in low salinity tide pools on Hawaii.
Type locality: Makalawena Pond, Hawaii. Holotype: Bernice P. Bishop Museum No. 9748.
These nerites are distinguished from N. rubida (Pease, 1865b) from Tahiti by their smaller size (shells of N. rubida are 5 mm in diameter) and more depressed spire.